Malaysian Journal of Computer Science

Running head: ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE
Enterprise Architecture
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Table of Contents
Introduction:...............................................................................................................................3
1. Comprehensive Roadmap:.....................................................................................................3
a. Obtaining Support from the Government:..........................................................................3
b. Management and Control Structure Establishment:..........................................................4
c. Products and Activities:......................................................................................................4
d. Defining the Approach and Process:..................................................................................4
e. Framework Adoption:........................................................................................................5
f. Criteria for Framework Selection:......................................................................................5
g. Criteria for Tool Selection:................................................................................................5
h. Defining the Basic Principle:.............................................................................................5
2. Key Roles of IT in GovDept:.................................................................................................5
3. Key Enterprise Architecture Artifacts:...................................................................................6
4. Taxonomy of Documentations:..............................................................................................7
5. Operating Model for EA Implementation:.............................................................................8
6. Standard and Landscapes for the EA Implementation:..........................................................8
7. IT Initiatives for GovDept’s EA:...........................................................................................9
8. Considerations as EA Artifacts:.............................................................................................9
9. Subtypes of Visions used in EA Artifacts Implementation:................................................10
Conclusion:..............................................................................................................................10
References:...............................................................................................................................12

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Introduction:
In the current aspect, GovDept is a medium sized government department which are
providing some important services to the population of a large territory. The current IT
system used by the GovDept is very old and due to this they are facing various issues in the
organizational operations. As the current IT infrastructure is creating problems for the
GovDept it is very much crucial to upgrade or replace the current system. Regarding this,
GovDept have already tried once to uplift the maturity of the Enterprise Architecture practice
and also tried to extend the scope of architectural planning but they were unsuccessful during
that time. Now, this time GovDept has again initiated a project for uplifting the enterprise
architecture practice of the organization with the help of external consultants. Regarding this,
in this report several of important aspects of the EA or the enterprise architecture will be
discussed which will help the GovDept to uplift the current practice of EA.
1. Comprehensive Roadmap:
For the GovDept the enterprise architecture or the EA can be an important business
asset and for that it is important to establish a proper plan so that EA practices can be evolved
within GovDept. Achieving EA practice within the organization will not be an easy task
considering high amount of effort is required for implementing the EA (Nikpay et al. 2017).
Thus, a proper roadmap is required for the establishment of EA practices within the GovDept.
In the following section the comprehensive roadmap for implementing the EA practices is
discussed.
a. Obtaining Support from the Government:
Implementation of EA practices are not easy and various of costs are associated with
it. As the GovDept is a governmental department, the first project of the GovDept will

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obtaining financial support for the government (Nikpay, Ahmad and Kia 2017) so that
necessary systems are implemented and improved processes can be achieved.
b. Management and Control Structure Establishment:
Following the support obtaining from the government, the next project of this
roadmap will be management and control structure establishment. To implement the EA
practices in GovDept, iterative cycles needs to be followed and to control this iterative cycle
appropriate organizational structure is required (Noviansyah and Arman 2018). Thus, the
second project of the GovDept is establishing an appropriate management and control
structure for the EA practice establishment.
c. Products and Activities:
Product and the activity related project are the next a phase for this roadmap. In this
phase of the roadmap there are several of aspects which needs to be considered. First, in this
phase it is essential to develop an appropriate communication plan (Iyamu 2018). Following
the management plan for the EA practice integration will be prepared and after that main
development of the EA will be started. Through this a baseline for the EA products will be
developed.
d. Defining the Approach and Process:
In this phase of the roadmap important projects will be initiated for defining and the
processes for the EA implementation. Specifically, in this project change of the architecture
will be developed (Rouhani et al. 2019). The main aim of this project is handling the
extensive and the complex environment which will be required at the time of EA
implementation in GovDept. Mainly, an architecture base will be prepared through this
project.